Comparison of Fenestra LC, ExiTron nano 6000, and ExiTron nano 12000 for Micro-CT imaging of liver and spleen in mice

Academic Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1137-1143

  Boll, Hanne ^a   Figueiredo, Giovanna ^a   Fiebig, Teresa ^a   Nittka, Stefanie ^a   Doyon, Fabian ^a   Kerl, Hans Ulrich ^a   Nölte, Ingo ^a   Förster, Alex ^a   Kramer, Martin ^b   Brockmann, Marc A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Liver metastasis; Mice; Micro CT; Spleen tumor

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; EXITRON; EXITRON NANO 12000; EXITRON NANO 6000; FENESTRA LC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ELIMINATION; FEMALE; LIVER; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

CONTRAST AGENT; LIVER METASTASIS; MICE; MICRO-CT; SPLEEN TUMOR;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84881361981     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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